Billericay history and accessibility
admin Wickham St Pauls 1863 Whites directory WICKHAM ST. PAUL’S is a pleasant village, scattered round alarge green, 5 miles N. of Halstead, and 4 miles S.W. of Sudbury.Its parish contains 409 souls and 1225 acres of land, including the small hamlet of CATLEY CROSS, one mile S. of the church, and several scattered farm houses. … Read more
Wethersfield 1863 Whites directoryWETHERSFIELD is a large and well-built village, pleasantly situated on the northern acclivity of the vale of the river Pant or Blackwater, seven miles N.N.W. of Braintree. It has several neat houses and well-stocked shops, and its parish contains 1727 inhabitants and 4101 acres of land, and many scattered houses at and … Read more
Twinstead 1863 Whites directoryTWINSTEAD, a small village and parish, five miles N.E. by E. of Halstead, and about 3 miles S. S. W. of Sudbury, has only 193 souls and 977 acres of land, including 104A. of woodland.King Viall, Esq., is owner of the farm and mansion of Twinstead Hall, which was built in the … Read more
Toppesfield 1863 Whites directoryTOPPESFIELD, or TOPPERSFIELD, a pleasant retired village, on a commanding eminence, eight miles N.W. of Halstead, and two miles W. of Yeldham Station, has in its parish 1045 inhabitants, many scattered houses, and 3246 acres of land, rising boldly from a tributary stream of the river Colne, and generally having a deep … Read more
Tilbury juxta Clare 1863 Whites directory TILBURY-JUXTA-CLARE is a small village and parish, two miles N. of Yeldham Station, and seven miles N. by W. of Halstead, containing only 232 souls, and 925 acres of land, having a hilly surface and a fertile, but rather heavy soil. The Earl of Mornington is lord of the … Read more
Sturmer 1863 Whites directorySTURMER, or Sturmere, a small village and parish, 14 mile S.E. of Haverhill, is watered by a tributary stream of the river Stour, and contains 351 souls, and 925 acres of land. It had its name from a lake or mere of the Stour, which formerly covered about 20 acres. J. and … Read more
Stisted 1863 Whites directorySTISTED, a pleasant village on the northern acclivity of the vale ofthe river Blackwater, 3 miles E. by N. of Braintree, has inits parish 821 souls, and 2970 acres of land. O. S. Onley, Esq. , is lord of the manor, and owner of a great part of the soil. He resides … Read more
Stebbing 1863 Whites directory STEBBING, three miles N.E. of Dunmow, is a large straggling village, with many good houses, onthe eastern acclivity of a valley, through which a rivulet flows southward to the Chelmer, and has here several mills. It has a fair for fat calves and other cattle, on the 10th of July; and … Read more
Stambourne 1863 Whites directory STAMBOURNE, a long scattered village, pleasantly situated near the source of a rivulet, six miles S.W. of Clare, three milesW. of Yeldham Station, and nine miles N.W. of Halstead, has in its parish 537 souls, 1840 acres of strong land, and several neat houses, &c. Fras. Edw. Gibson, Esq. of Saffron … Read more
Shalford 1863 Whites directory SHALFORD, a scattered village, in the vale of the river Pant or Blackwater, from four to five miles N.N.W. of Braintree, has in its parish 760 souls and 2407 acres of land, finely undulated, and having avaried but generally fertile soil, in some parts gravelly, upon a white and yellow sand, … Read more